Objective To summarize the research progress of health care transition (HCT) for pediatric liver transplant recipients. Method The literatures of HCT for pediatric liver transplant recipients were reviewed, and the concept, related factors, interventions and methods of health care transition were summarized. ResultsHCT is the process of moving from a child/family-centered model of care to an adult or patient-centered model of health care, and influenced by health care provider, child and caregivers, and other factors such as medical policy and economic level. Personalized transition program has more benefits for improving the experience and health outcomes of patients. Conclusion problem-oriented and demand-oriented transition program is recommended, early intervention to improve self-management abilities of children, information construction of pediatric medical system and multidisciplinary team building are important for improving health outcomes of patients.
Objective To evaluate the characteristics, classification, treatment methods, and cl inical outcomes of the spoke heel injuries in children. Methods From June 2001 to June 2008, 289 children with bicycle or motorcycle spoke heel injuries were treated, including 179 males and 110 females aged 2-12 years old (average 3.9 years old). There were 179 cases of skin contusion and laceration (type I), 83 cases of skin and soft tissue defect with Achilles tendon exposure (type II), and 27 cases of wide skin and soft tissue defect with the Achilles tendon defect and rupture (type III). The defect size of the skin or the soft tissues ranged from 3 cm × 2 cm to 11 cm × 7 cm in type II and type III injury. The time between injury and hospital admission was 1-53 days (average 14.5 days). Child patients with type I injury were managed with dressing or suturing after debridement. For the child patients with type II injury, the wound was repaired with the regional fascia flap in 53 cases, the reverse sural neurocutaneous vascular flap in 19 cases, the reverse saphenous neurocutaneous vascular flap in 9 cases, and the lateral supramalleolar flap in 2 cases. For the child patients with type III injury, 6 cases underwent primary repair of the Achilles tendon followed by the transposition of the reverse sural neurocutaneous vascular flap, 3 cases received primary repair of the wound with the reverse sural neurocutaneous vascular flap and secondary reconstruction of the Achilles tendon with the upturned fascia strip or the ipsilateral il iotibial tract transplant, and 18 cases underwent primary repair of the wound and the Achilles tendon with the sl iding bi-pedicled gastrocnemius musculocutaneous flap. The flap size ranged from 4 cm × 2 cm to 30 cm × 12 cm. All the donor sites were closed bypartial suture and spl it-thickness skins graft. The lower l imbs were immobil ized with plaster spl ints after operation. Results All the flaps survived except for 1 case of type II suffering from distal flap venous crisis 3 days after operation and 6 cases of type III suffering from distal flap necrosis 3-5 days after operation. All those flaps survived after symptomatic treatment. All the skin grafts at the donor site survived uneventfully. All the wounds healed by first intention. All child patients were followed up for 15-820 days (average 42 days). Child patients with type I and type II injury had a full recovery of ankle functions. While 25 cases of type III injury had ankle dorsal extension degree loss (10-30°) and unilateral plantar flexion strength decrease 3 months after operationwithout influence on walking, and 2 cases recovered well. Conclusion Spoke heel injury in children has special mec hanisms of injury, and the choice of proper treatment method should be based on the types of injury.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the therapeutic effect of flap transplantation in repairing soft tissue defects of children. METHODS: From January 1997 to May 2002, 75 cases of different soft tissue defects (52 males and 23 females, with the age of 3-14 years) were repaired by axial and non-axial flaps transfer, and axial flaps transplantation by microvascular anastomosis. The flaps area ranged from 3 cm x 5 cm to 15 cm x 42 cm. Emergency operation was performed in 26 cases and secondary operation in 49 cases (infective wound such as osteomyelitis and plate extra-exposed of fracture). The defect regions included the forearm, back of the hand, thumb, index finger, leg and foot. The types of flap graft and application range included 39 cases of axial flaps transfer or transplantation (27 cases of along- or contra-transfer of transplantation and 12 cases of microvascular anastomosis). The non-axial flaps transfer were designed along- or contra-transfer near the wound area in 36 cases. The ratio of length to width was 2.5:1-3.5:1 in 27 cases, and larger than 3.5:1 in 9 cases. Adequate anesthesia method should be chosen according to the characteristics of children, non-traumatic operating during surgery and postoperative supervision and nursing of flaps should also be paid enough attention. RESULTS: After operation, blood circulation crisis occurred in 2 cases (1 case of artery failure and 1 case of vein failure). The flaps survived in 37 cases and partially survived in 1 case and necrosed in 1 case. The survival rate was 96.2%. The postoperative follow-up period was 3 to 60 months, the blood supply, elasticity and texture of flaps were good. The effect of repair was satisfactory. CONCLUSION: Different types of transplantation of blood-supply of flaps may repair the different types of soft tissue defects in children. Free flap transplantation is safe and beneficial in children, different defects of soft tissue were repaired by axial and non-axial flaps transfer, axial flaps transplantation by microvascular anastomosis. Non-traumatic operating and postoperative supervision and nursing of flaps should also be paid enough attention.
In November 2017, the American Heart Association updated the pediatric basic life support and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) quality. The new guidelines focused on the clinical value of chest compression-only CPR versus CPR using chest compressions with rescue breaths in children, rather than a comprehensive revision of the 2015 edition guidelines. The Pediatric Task Force of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation updated part content of the guidelines according to the continuous evidence review process. Guidelines recommend CPR using chest compressions with rescue breaths should be provided for infants and children with cardiac arrest. Bystanders provide chest compressions if they are unwilling or unable to deliver rescue breaths. This article mainly interprets the updated content.
ObjectiveTo explore the management experience of day surgery in children specialized hospitals.MethodsWuhan Children’s Hospital began one-day pediatric surgery in 1981. In 2001, one-day surgery center was formally established to centralize treatment and management. In the past three years, the mixed management of centralized and decentralized treatment was increased. At the same time, the one-day surgery management process was optimized, the relevant access and evaluation system was strictly implemented, to ensure the medical quality and medical safety.ResultsSince 2001, more than 120 000 cases of day surgery had been performed in the hospital, without death or other serious complications. The incidence of common postoperative complications was less than 0.8%, and the time of occurrence of complications was mainly within 12 hours after surgery. By 2018, the number of day surgeries in the hospital accounted for 29.57% of the annual elective surgeries, and the overall incidence of complications was lower than the traditional hospitalization mode of the same disease.ConclusionsThe concept of patient-centered service is truly embodied in day surgery. Specialized hospitals, especially children’s hospitals, have a large number of single diseases, a large demand for patients’ surgeries, a high degree of homogeneity of surgeries, good surgical results, and urgent needs and advantages to carry out day surgery. Day surgery is suitable to start in developed departments, and be promoted in other specialties of the hospital when experience has been accumulated, so as to increase the proportion of day surgery in elective surgery gradually.
背景: 在容易暴露于大量微生物的环境( 如传统的农场) 中成长的儿童, 不易患儿童哮喘和特应性体质。在既往的研究中, 微生物暴露的标志物与这些疾病呈负相关关系。方法: 在两项横断面研究中, 我们比较了居住于农场的儿童与参照组儿童哮喘和特应性体质的患病率以及微生物暴露的多样性。在一项PARSIFAL研究[ 变态反应的预防-与农业及特别信仰( Anthroposophic) 生活方式相关的儿童致敏作用的危险因素] 中, 研究者采用单链构型多态性( SSCP) 分析筛查了床垫灰尘样本的细菌DNA, 以检测出培养技术无法检测到的环境细菌。在另一项GABRIELA 研究[ 鉴定欧共体中哮喘的遗传和环境原因的多学科研究( GABRIEL) 高级研究] 中, 研究者采用培养技术对儿童房间落尘样本的细菌和真菌的分类进行了评估。结果: 在这两项研究中, 居住于农场的儿童哮喘与特应性体质的患病率较低, 并且他们比对照组儿童暴露于更多种类的环境微生物中。相反, 微生物暴露的多样性与哮喘发生危险呈负相关[ PARSIFAL 研究的比值比为0. 62; 95% 可信区间( CI) 为0. 44 ～0. 89; GABRIELA 研究的比值比为0. 86; 95% CI 为0. 75 ～0. 99] 。此外, 存在某种更为局限的暴露也与哮喘发生危险呈负相关; 这包括暴露于真菌中曲菌属中的某些物种( 经校正的比值比为0. 37; 95% CI 为0. 18 ～0. 76) , 以及暴露于多种细菌物种, 包括单核细胞增生李斯特菌、芽孢杆菌属物种、棒杆菌属物种和其他细菌( 经校正的比值比为0. 57,95% CI 为0. 38 ～0. 86) 。结论: 居住于农场的儿童比参照组儿童有更大范围的微生物暴露, 这种暴露解释了哮喘与成长在农场之间呈负相关关系的本质部分。【述评】哮喘发病机制的卫生学说认为在儿童时期接触大量的抗原能减少成年后哮喘的发病率, 主要机制是在人体免疫系统发育的过程中接触抗原可诱导免疫耐受, 此学说主要基于流行病学调查得出的结论。本研究采用分子生物学的方法研究儿童时期微生物暴露对哮喘发病率的影响, 结果证实微生物暴露的程度与哮喘发病呈负相关, 进一步证实了哮喘发病的卫生学说, 同时表明环境因素在哮喘发病中具有重要意义, 并提示儿童在发育过程中尽量接触多种抗原对减少成人过敏性疾病具有一定意义。
OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of allogeneic decalcified bone graft in the treatment of nonunion in children. METHODS From April 1990 to September 1997, 17 children with nonunion were adopted in this study. Among them, there were 10 boys and 7 girls, the age ranged from 2 to 13 years. The allogeneic decalcified bone graft taken from fresh corpse by aseptic manipulation were used to repair 3 cases of congenital nonunion and 14 cases of acquired nonunion. RESULTS All cases were followed up 2 to 9 years after operation, 9 cases were cured successfully and 7 cases were cured after twice operations. One case of congenital pseudoarthrosis of the tibia was operated twice and there were callus grown half years after the second operation, but reoccurred after one year. Although there were 1.5 cm to 3 cm shortening deformity of extremity including another 2 cases of congenital pseudoarthrosis of the tibia and 5 cases of nonunion caused by chronic osteomyelitis, the function of joint was normal. CONCLUSION Treatment of nonunion in children by allogeneic decalcified bone graft is a valuable technique in clinical practice. It is characterised by high capacity of osteoinduction, low antigenicity, rapid bony union, plentiful source of bone graft and convenient utilization.
Habitual snoring can occur in both children and adults. If it is physiological snoring, it usually does not require special intervention. If it is pathological snoring, such as snoring caused by central diseases and obstructive diseases, it needs to be treated as soon as possible. Habitual snoring has more harm to children, such as causing sleep structure disorders, slow growth and development. During the snoring process, children’s sleep fragmentation and hypoxia state lead to changes in the transmission of neurochemicals in the brain’s precortex, causing adverse effects on brain function and inducing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. This article reviews relevant research in recent years to further elucidate the relationship between children’s habitual snoring and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and provide a basis for future clinical research and intervention.